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Meanings of tossing in English

Agitated.

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Examples for "agitated"
1
University life in the Middle Ages was in general tumultuous and agitated.
Erasmus and the Age of Reformation
2
Today, though, he was agitated, and asked to speak to Noriyaki immediately.
What is the what: the autobiography of valentino achak deng
3
The body problem had been solved, but the Mexican authorities remained agitated.
Blind descent: the quest to discover the deepest place on earth
4
The banker stared past him at the agitated group in the corridor.
West Wind Drift
5
It is not often that one has seen him looking so agitated.
The Guardian
Usage of tossing in English
1
He was photographed tossing settlement goods onto a fire earlier this year.
Reuters
2
So much for the police-court, said Holmes thoughtfully, tossing aside the paper.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
3
He'd done similar experiments at home, tossing together whatever ingredients were available.
Don't Cry Tai Lake
4
It is all quiet there; nothing but the logs tossing round it.
A Romany of the Snows, vol. 3 / Being a Continuation of the Pers...
5
The young officer was in great pain and tossing and raving wildly.
Notes of a War Correspondent
6
Sahwah was tossing on the bed and muttering when they came in.
The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods; Or, The Winnebagos Go Ca...
7
Babiche pranced joyously, tossing her bone in the air and worrying it.
Little Miss By-The-Day
8
All this time Clemens had been tossing on the London social tide.
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 2: 1886-1900
9
The overloaded sloop capsized, tossing most of its passengers into the water.
Reuters
10
A swift wind was rustling the tree-tops and tossing the ocean white.
The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California
11
Kit looked out and up the tossing Mane of the White Horse.
Smoke Bellew
12
The women drank coquettishly, tossing the last mouthful out upon the camp-fire.
The Blood Red Dawn
13
Several NPC employees stood behind the counter, tossing dough and slicing pies.
Ready Player One
14
McLean specialized in yeast waffles, having acquired the art of tossing pancakes.
The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
15
When the sun rose, they were in a tossing wilderness of waves.
Robert Falconer
16
As from painful tossing in disease, rise into the health of well-being.
The Seaboard Parish Volume 2
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common